Belfast Brawlers (BBD)

Owner: John Derek Adams (council)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Email1: derek1961@bell.net
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ICQ: N/A
AOLIM: redmad61

Entered the league in: 2003-03-18

 

Belfast Brawlers

Belfast started as Ray Cappocchi's Montecito Habanero's in 1997.  They later in 2002 moved to a place Kakabeka Falls.

Then in 2003 became the Pirates.  JD Adams took charge late in 2003 and moved the team to Belfast.

I have been playing Strat-O-Matic baseball ever since my best friend Doug Brunet had introduced the game to me way back in 1972 maybe 1973 sometime around there. I have always loved the game of baseball and Strat sure does bring that baseball feeling to you. Most of you know me as JD, but you can always call me by my middle name which everyone does which is Derek (hey Blake, are we cousins?)First name is John, My favorite team since the 70’s has been and still is the Dodgers. My team’s name the Belfast Brawlers derives from my grandfather’s home town in Ireland and the Irish love of fighting (mostly after a few pint of ale).My team is usually built(or I try to build it) on two aspects, good pitching and never say die Attitude players. The Brawlers never give up and generally do not. Personal notes: Born and raised in Montreal Canada and have lived pretty much of it in the same District which is called LONGUE POINTE, which I am sure our member’s recognise that name! As a kid I was always playing baseball and followed the Montreal Expos and signed up  (at that time, early 70’s) to be a member of the young Expos Membership club ,which then issued a card which allowed you to purchase bleacher sits for 50 cents , my favorite player at that time was the Grande Orange/ Rusty Staub, which my dad would call me because my hair (was) also as red as his was . Claude Lamarre had told me about the CBA( one night while we were curling at the Longue Pointe curling club)  which caught my interest .I asked how do I join up, he then let Marc ( our commander and chief ) Know about me and Marc sent me an invite and since then I have been playing in the CBA, the best of all Strat-O-Matic leagues there is/bar none!!

The Brawlers management is having a tough go at it trying to sell season tickets this year at Brawler Field after last years dismal season .This year they will give away free to each person who buys a season ticket a bottle of Jameson Irish whiskey ..after all the team's motto is( keep them happy in the stands so they don't notice the crap on the field !).On to this years team , the Brawlers  should win a few more games this year over last but I don't thinkit is a team that will make it to the playoffs as our starting pitching staff is a miss/mash of crap ( just stating the obvious ) and the relief squad is no better .On the hitters side , they are a better hitting and fielding team then last years and they have proven to me they can score runs so far in this very early season but it is still early but I am optimistic they will to well both offensive an especially defensively ...Only time will tell ! 

 

Division: Andre Dawson Conference: Rusty Staub Stadium: Pittsburgh Stadium
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Belfast Roster 2024

Updated for 2024 CBA Belfast Brawlers Historical page with all time and team stats

Belfast Brawlers Team History Season by Season with all player positions listed.

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Nate McLouth gives Belfast some offense in their first playoff series in 3 years.

                       

   

Timeline

 Owner/Manager Location
From 1997-03-01 to 2002-10-30 Ray Cappocci Montecito California, USA
From 2001-03-01 to 2002-10-30 John Derek Adams Montréal, Québec, Canada
From 2003-02-20 to 2004-02-15 Joel Ferich Harleysville, ND, USA
From 2004-03-08 to 2004-03-14 Jim Beauchemin Wooble, Louisiana, USA
From 2004-03-18 to 0000-00-00 John Derek Adams Montreal, Quebec, Canada

 

   
1997-98  1999-2001                                       2002    
2003  2004-2009                                        Present    

Belfast Brawlers

Belfast started as Ray Cappocchi's Montecito Habanero's in 1997.  They later in 2002 moved to a place Kakabeka Falls.

Then in 2003 became the Pirates.  JD Adams took charge late in 2003 and moved the team to Belfast.

JD Adams Career Record

BBD 2004 86 77 0.528 932 851 81 0.29 0.29 242 205
BBD 2005 85 77 0.525 812 774 38 0.282 0.28 121 148
BBD 2006 87 75 0.537 782 744 38 0.283 0.279 137 138
BBD 2007 70 92 0.432 672 831 -159 0.266 0.276 83 177
BBD 2008 78 84 0.481 751 802 -51 0.266 0.285 90 182
BBD 2009 92 71 0.564 800 734 66 0.28 0.27 127 138
BBD 2010 68 94 0.42 743 780 -37 0.265 0.281 148 179
BBD 2011 89 73 0.549 728 713 15 0.27 0.267 116 151
BBD 2012 82 80 0.506 696 697 -1 0.267 0.266 123 129
BBD 2013 73 89 0.451 561 664 -103 0.244 0.251 91 154
BBD 2014 69 93 0.426 613 728 -115 0.241 0.265 96 137
BBD 2015 64 98 0.395 561 685 -124 0.238 0.265 85 112
BBD 2016 59 103 0.364 535 771 -236 0.236 0.275 105 142
BBD 2017 76 86 0.469 648 731 -83 0.249 0.27 116 150
BBD 2018 71 91 0.438 716 832 -116 0.259 0.274 174 190
BBD 2019 74 88 0.457 689 747 -58 0.247 0.257 150 164
BBD 2020 70 92 0.432 679 806 -127 0.246 0.263 186 236
BBD 2021 64 98 0.395 625 801 -176 0.228 0.263 178 191
BBD 2022 57 105 0.352 588 776 -188 0.221 0.26 160 208
BBD 2023 63 99 0.389 557 710 -153 0.218 0.262 137 157
1477 1765 0.455 13,688 15,177          

 

BOXSCORE: 2021 Belfast Brawlers At 2021 Longue Pointe Lynx          9/29/2021
 
  Brawlers           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Lynx               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  M.Dubon CF          4  1  2  1 .237     K.Pillar CF         4  0  0  0 .276  
  R.O'Hearn DH        4  0  0  0 .210     J.Peraza 2B         3  0  0  0 .205  
  E.Sogard 2B         4  0  0  0 .185   C-M.Sierra PH         1  0  0  0 .274  
  R.McBroom 1B        4  0  2  0 .210     J.Ramirez 3B        3  0  0  0 .293  
  M.Stassi C          3  0  1  0 .279     X.Bogaerts SS       3  0  0  0 .233  
  K.Newman SS         4  0  0  0 .224     A.Slater RF         2  0  0  0 .210  
  B.Bishop RF         4  0  1  0 .205   A-T.Naquin PH,RF      0  0  0  0 .245  
  B.Anderson 3B       4  0  0  0 .241     D.Ruf 1B            2  0  0  0 .249  
  A.Santander LF      2  0  0  0 .243   B-R.Guzman PH,1B      1  0  0  0 .193  
                                          T.Ward DH           3  0  0  0 .278  
                                          T.Wolters C         3  0  0  0 .217  
                                          E.Rosario LF        3  0  0  0 .223  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  1  6  1                 Totals      28  0  0  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Slater In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Ruf In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Peraza In 9th Inning
 
Brawlers........ 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  6  1
Lynx............ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  0  1
 
Brawlers (63-98)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
P.Corbin WIN(5-17)        7       0   0   0   0   6   0   5.99
M.King                    0       0   0   0   1   0   0   6.10
C.Thielbar HOLD(6th)      1       0   0   0   0   3   0   3.29
R.Wick HOLD(5th)          0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   4.24
A.Cimber SAVE(2nd)        0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   4.05
Totals                    9       0   0   0   1  10   0
 
Lynx (67-94)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
T.Williams LOSS(6-19)     5       5   1   1   1   2   1   7.56
C.Quantrill               3       1   0   0   1   4   0   3.87
C.Green                   1       0   0   0   0   0   0   2.74
Totals                    9       6   1   1   2   6   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 12,365 DATE- Wednesday, September 29th 2021 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:14
LEFT ON BASE- Brawlers: 7  Lynx: 2
DOUBLE PLAYS- Brawlers: 0  Lynx: 0
ERRORS- M.Dubon, J.Peraza
HOME RUNS- M.Dubon(4th)
RBIs- M.Dubon(27th)
WALKS- M.Stassi, A.Santander, T.Naquin
STRIKE OUTS- R.O'Hearn, E.Sogard-2, R.McBroom, M.Stassi, B.Bishop, K.Pillar,
             J.Peraza, X.Bogaerts-2, D.Ruf, R.Guzman, T.Ward-2, T.Wolters-2
RLISP 2-out- K.Newman, B.Anderson, E.Sogard, K.Pillar, R.O'Hearn
TEAM RISP- Brawlers: 0 for 8  Lynx: 0 for 2
 
The Belfast Brawlers pitching staff gave the fans an evening that they'll
never forget by tossing a combined no-hitter! The tension started to build
around the 6th inning.  By the 9th inning the crowd was electrified.  Belfast
finished with just 6 hits in the victory.  
 
Patrick Corbin(5-17) was the winner allowing no runs in 7 innings. Adam Cimber
was credited with his 2nd save.  Trevor Williams(6-19) took the loss.  
 
'You probably have a better chance of winning the lottery than this
happening,' said Corbin who got credit for the win, 'I don't expect it to
sink in for awhile.' he said. 'You know, it's hard to say who was better, the
starter or the bullpen!'

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